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Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Gold Coast or Jakarta?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’s own page.

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Gold Coast 92, Jakarta 28: Gold Coast leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Gold Coast 47, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Gold Coast 15, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Gold Coast 55, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gold Coast 82, Jakarta 30: Gold Coast leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Gold Coast 52, Jakarta 45: Gold Coast leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Gold Coast 89, Jakarta 50: Gold Coast leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Gold Coast 45, Jakarta 36: Gold Coast leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Gold Coast 40, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Gold Coast 35, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gold Coast 30, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gold Coast 42, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gold Coast and Jakarta.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGold CoastJakarta
Official languageEnglishIndonesian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+7
Emergency number000112
Elevation12 m91 m
Main airportGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGold CoastJakarta
City population607,66511,135,191
People per km²43316,821
Museums within 10 km244
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Gold Coast or Jakarta somewhere new.

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.